Open AccessBody mass index and waist circumference independently contribute to the prediction of nonabdominal, abdominal subcutaneous, and visceral fat
Author(s) -
Ian Janssen,
Steven B. Heymsfield,
David B. Allison,
Donald P. Kotler,
Robert Ross
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/75.4.683
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , body mass index , abdominal obesity , overweight , circumference , classification of obesity , obesity , analysis of variance , abdomen , intra abdominal fat , endocrinology , surgery , visceral fat , fat mass , insulin resistance , mathematics , geometry
It is unknown whether the ability of waist circumference (WC) to predict health risk beyond that predicted by body mass index (BMI) alone is explained in part by the ability of WC to identify those with elevated concentrations of total or abdominal fat.
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